Made some phone calls. Harts gas stations and all gas in Utah has to have ethanol in the gas by Jan 1. The Utah county stations don't now but will by Jan 1st. Gary's or fast tracks as posted by boss rev has no ethanol in pump gas now, but will by Jan 1st. You can buy AV gas there out of the pump and it will have NO ethanol and 100 octane rating, but currently sells for $4.79. My understanding is that on a stock sled they higher octane rating doesn't help, but won't hurt.
Post the Non-Ethanol Gas Stations
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Ethanol DOES boost the octane...but understand that the initial fuel blending is SUB-GRADE!! The ethanol is used to make the sub-grade component meet spec....ie: 87 octane,89 octane...etc. The 2 major detrimental factors of ethanol are that 1.) It begins to break down at 30 days!! That is...30 days from the manufacture date...not the day it hits the gas station. So as much as I hate to say it....avoid the little out of the way mom and pop shops that don't see a lot of fuel sales.... 2.) Ethanol blends with water!!! It does NOT seperate out! It is imperative to use a good water remover on a regular basis. Water has NO lubricating qualities so it is extremely bad for fuel pumps, carbs, etc. Unfortunately ethanol is here to stay...... We have been told that as of Jan 2011 it will be in ALL gas stations statewide!....I can't say for a fact...but that is what I've been told. I work for a local refinery, and have seen first hand how bad this stuff is. Any of our equiptment that sees 100% ethanol, has all seals replaced on a monthly basis! This is some bad sh*t!
it may have been ethanol blend but you cannot be sure it was unless you had a test strip.
The sticker say "MAY CONTAIN UP TO %10 ETHANOL"
So can a guy get these test strips somewhere? It would be nice to be able to test your sled tank for ethanol content. Is it like the hot tube test strip, give you an idea as to how much ethanol is in the fuel?
right about the may contain up to.. so it could have 2% %5 or event the 10%. is that even enough to hurt an 11 gallon sled?? thats only 1.1 percent of the fuel if it contains up to 10 % or am i missing something here??
Does anyone want to do a group buy of these ethanol testers.
I think it'd be fun to go around testing places.
I think it'd be fun to go around testing places.
If you had 11 gallons of gas in your sled and it was In fact at the maximum 10% ethanol blend your sled would have 10% ethanol fuel and 90% regular gas.
Now would you notice If I just took away 15% of your sleds horsepower?
It would be the difference of my sled having 168 hp or 142 on E10 gas.
I would like to have one.
Hey, I asked the lady there on saturday and she didn't know one way or the other. Did you talk with someone with that knowledge since then?
Janruary 1 2011 goodbye horsepower
The lady I asked at the station said someone was in a few days ago asking must of been you. She confirmed with her manager that is was ethanol free and none of the pumps have the stickers.
I just found this utah.gov site saying utah is not mandating ethanol be used in the fuels.
http://ag.utah.gov/news/ethanolstatement.html
I just found this utah.gov site saying utah is not mandating ethanol be used in the fuels.
http://ag.utah.gov/news/ethanolstatement.html
Thanks for that post and link. I printed it off to keep in my truck, and another copy to show my local gas station.
Thats good to know. I am glad I asked when I did. Thanks for the link too.
Important information site
I don't know if this has been posted yet but everyone should use and contribute to this site. Also everyone should use the link on this site and sign the petition to the EPA.
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=UT
I don't know if this has been posted yet but everyone should use and contribute to this site. Also everyone should use the link on this site and sign the petition to the EPA.
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=UT
